I knew that no matter what the solution to today’s Connections was, the NYT was going to do Zoom dirty somehow 😆 Connections Puzzle #843 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟨🟨🟨 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦

I'm just sayin: I simply do not believe Instagram is as bad at detecting nudity as it pretends to be. I think they let that shit slide on purpose.

You’ve probably seen it before: Lowe’s and Home Depot, sitting right next to each other. But why? I asked @josemonkey.com to figure out how often these rivals cluster in real life. The answer may surprise you, but the explanation goes back nearly 100 years. www.mondayeconomist.com/p/josemonkey

In an upcoming video, and I talk about Lowe's and Home Depot being competitors. I was playing around w/different silly visuals to put on-screen for that part, and I got the crazy idea to make a Clash Royale style battle screen. I decided not to use it for the video, but here it is 😝

TikTok has been burying my videos lately, so here's a quick recap for some you may have missed www.patreon.com/posts/icymi-...

For a while now, I have avoided doing #geolocation videos when the person who submitted the video is driving. First, that's unsafe. Second, TikTok will flag my video as showing unsafe activity. (Go figure.)

New #behindthescenes video is available for paid members on Patreon www.patreon.com/posts/behind...

My old ass iPhone cannot be updated to iOS 26. My old ass MacBook cannot be updated to macOS 26. My slightly newer Mac mini (2020), can *technically* be upgraded to Tahoe, but I bet I don't have enough free storage for it. So, I guess I'll be using iOS 18 and Sequoia for the foreseeable future 🤷‍♂️

I'm so frustrated rn. I just found a location that somebody asked me to find, but after I did I noticed that somebody said exactly where it is in the comments on their video. Which basically means I can't use it now. Nobody's going to believe me that I didn't use that to find it 🤷‍♂️

“FIT CHECK FOR MY NAPALM ERA” - me, in the grocery store parking lot at 11:38am

Ooh, new #Connections badges are so shiny 😆

Microwaves are awesome if you ever wished you could time travel to find out what the last thing you reheated in it smelled like. Like a little smemory time capsule for leftovers.

Guess who’s verified on TikTok? Not me! 😫 I have requested verification eight (!) times over the last couple years, and I’ve seen the rejection message every time. So I decided to make it into a t-shirt 🤷‍♂️

Red herring almost got me today 😅 Connections Puzzle #818 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨

Patreon members - live stream tomorrow! www.patreon.com/posts/join-m...

I stg it should be illegal to have a theme word in Strands that spans the board and is NOT the spangram. Right to jail. Strands #546 “Up the hill” 🔵🟡🔵🔵 🔵🔵🔵🔵

Me: It’s ok if I don’t learn the Korean lyrics. Nobody: Absolutely no one: Me: OKAY FINE

So the real question is how much Kpop Demon Hunters can I listen to between now and Oct 3rd, and what will the impact on my Spotify Wrapped be? 😝

My YouTube channel reached 27k subscribers recently, so that was kinda cool 😊 Idk if that channel will ever be as big as my TikTok, but I’m still glad people enjoying watching there, too.

New #geolocation video is up! #OSINT youtu.be/98F403jOblg

I cannot even fathom how they could miss the mark this badly. Do I look like a good person to sell people a hair curler?

I just found a place from a video that someone sent me that was VERY tricky to find. The video showed almost no clues. And the primary clue I ended up using to find it was pretty ridiculous 🤪 I can't wait to share it with you guys. #geolocation

There is a new account impersonating me on TikTok and contacting my followers. I report these accounts, and TikTok never does anything. And they won’t verify me, to give me even that one half-assed tool to try to stop this sort of thing. What the hell, man?

No, Connections, I do not want a hint. Ever. How dare you?

ICYMI: My friend Karen (aka, Lettering by Karen) made a fancy new find me sign and asked me to find her again... so I did!

Just a quick update for anyone who may have been wondering about this - my map of all the locations I've found previously did not include all of the places I've found for various brands as part of a sponsored video. That was sort of silly, so I fixed it. Thanks for the question, Elizabeth.

Phew 😅 Tough one today! Connections Puzzle #778 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨

I really was hoping today’s spangram would be “propaganda,” but alas it was not 😆 Strands #511 “That's a good look” 🟡🔵🔵🔵 🔵🔵🔵

Free post over on my Patreon about a podcast I recently appeared on with notkahnjunior and @professorcasey.bsky.social www.patreon.com/posts/endles...

At least once a week, someone will point out to me that they have been waiting for me to feature their submission in one of my #geolocation videos for a very long time. (Like, literal years.) That often results in me feeling bad for not doing it, and so I'll try to make it a priority to get to it...

Anybody get caught by the red herring and play a “rainbow opening” today? Connections Puzzle #774 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨

ICYMI: It's Beach Week! I will be featuring beach locations this week, and I posted the first one yesterday. #geolocation #OSINT youtu.be/MzW64uQJD-Y

Remember the other day when I said I was struggling to verify a location with no Google Street View? That's the one I posted today. Check it out! #geolocation #OSINT youtu.be/eOqpZuRh0Nc

Connections really tried to trick me into a “rainbow opening” (🟦🟩🟨🟪) with today’s red herring, but luckily I didn’t fall for it! Connections Puzzle #764 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩

The funniest thing about A Minecraft Movie is that if you had asked me with zero context how many original songs a movie about Minecraft would have, I would have laughed and said “zero.” But once you know Jack Black is the star, that number shoots up to 3, minimum 😝

ICYMI: I posted a new #geolocation video yesterday, adding a new country to my list - which made Chad VERY happy 😆 youtu.be/t0cEiyBLlBA #OSINT

Thanks, I guess. Sigh.

This is getting really annoying. Again?! TikTok’s robots are the DUMBEST

Just a reminder that if you don’t watch my videos to the end, you’re missing stuff 😝 My new video had 3K views on TikTok before anybody noticed the surprise ending 🤷‍♂️ You guys are sleeping on the good stuff!

Want to pick up some josemonkey shirts, mugs, or pint glasses at a discount? Use the code FIREWORKS from now until July 8 to get 15% off in my store. josemonkey.com/store

I have some Kohl's cash to spend, so I'm browsing through Star Wars t-shirts on their website. It's a bit overwhelming - there are 128 pages of them! Sadly, most of them are terrible. (If I see one more "Yoda best dad ever!" shirt I'm going to scream.) Anyway, if you see any really good ones, lmk

I posted something on my Patreon about doing live Q&A streams. Members (including free members) can view this post here: www.patreon.com/posts/fyi-re...

Argh! I am 98% sure I've found a person's location from a pretty tricky video they sent in, but there's no street view or photos nearby. Don't make me get on a plane! 😝

Once again, my appeal for the incorrectly flagged content was approved, but with this bullshit message that indicates that maybe the content is still somehow restricted to certain groups? 🤷‍♂️ So stupid. Hardly matters now - this video is dead in the water thanks to this.

I was setting up a new receiver today, and it prompted me to setup the wifi connection. I was halfway through entering the password when I was like, “You know what? No.” You’re a freaking receiver. You don’t need 24/7 internet access. GTFO with that.

Ugh. TikTok’s broke-ass algorithm is suppressing my video again today. The robots have imagined use of adult substances in my video 🤦‍♂️ Great job, robots.

Yeah, so TikTok decided not to show anybody my latest #geolocation video this week. Not sure why! www.tiktok.com/@the_josemon... #OSINT

Tricky one today! Connections Puzzle #745 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩

Today's #geolocation video was extra fun because I got to collab with my friend kahn - and it involved Disney parks! 😁 youtu.be/QwitiwiTDwU #OSINT

I refuse to believe this wasn’t intentional. Strands #476 “Fragrant abuse” 🟡🔵🔵🔵 🔵🔵🔵